Ovoid Lime Container (poporo)

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Ovoid Lime Container (poporo)
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Ovoid Lime Container (poporo)
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/4 × 1 × 7/8 in. (7 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1050
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1050

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